rabbitmq-server won't start without sudo (MacOs 12.0.1, M1)

[Jordan Hurwich]

Hi RabbitMQ Users,

I'm trying to get RabbitMQ setup on a new M1 Macbook Pro (MacOS 12.0.1) and can't get rabbitmq-server to start without using sudo - and I'd really prefer to not use sudo. 

Installed using Homebrew - RabbitMQ 3.9.11, Erlang: 24.1.7 

Logs for rabbitmq-server failure without sudo below and erl_crash.dump attached. 

Logs for rabbitmq-server success with sudo at bottom.

Happy to provide more info as needed, and thanks for the help,

Jordan

$ rabbitmq-server
[Feature flags lines removed]
2021-12-10 08:42:37.403437-08:00 [noti] <0.44.0> Application syslog exited with reason: stopped
2021-12-10 08:42:37.403492-08:00 [noti] <0.221.0> Logging: switching to configured handler(s); following messages may not be visible in this log output

BOOT FAILED
===========
Exception during startup:

error:{badmatch,{error,{killed,{mnesia_app,start,[normal,[]]}}}}

    rabbit:run_prelaunch_second_phase/0, line 370
    rabbit:start/2, line 847
    application_master:start_it_old/4, line 293

{"Kernel pid terminated",application_controller,"{application_start_failure,rabbit,{{badmatch,{error,{killed,{mnesia_app,start,[normal,[]]}}}},{rabbit,start,[normal,[]]}}}"}
Kernel pid terminated (application_controller) ({application_start_failure,rabbit,{{badmatch,{error,{killed,{mnesia_app,start,[normal,[]]}}}},{rabbit,start,[normal,[]]}}})

Crash dump is being written to: /opt/homebrew/var/log/rabbitmq/erl_crash.dump...done

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with sudo rabbitmq-server starts successfully:

$ sudo rabbitmq-server
[Feature flags lines removed]
2021-12-10 08:43:11.189587-08:00 [noti] <0.44.0> Application syslog exited with reason: stopped
2021-12-10 08:43:11.189640-08:00 [noti] <0.221.0> Logging: switching to configured handler(s); following messages may not be visible in this log output

  ##  ##      RabbitMQ 3.9.11
  ##  ##
  ##########  Copyright (c) 2007-2021 VMware, Inc. or its affiliates.
  ######  ##
  ##########  Licensed under the MPL 2.0. Website: https://rabbitmq.com

  Erlang:      24.1.7 [emu]
  TLS Library: OpenSSL - OpenSSL 1.1.1l  24 Aug 2021

  Doc guides:  https://rabbitmq.com/documentation.html
  Support:     https://rabbitmq.com/contact.html
  Tutorials:   https://rabbitmq.com/getstarted.html
  Monitoring:  https://rabbitmq.com/monitoring.html

  Logs: /opt/homebrew/var/log/rabbitmq/rab...@localhost.log
        /opt/homebrew/var/log/rabbitmq/rabbit@localhost_upgrade.log
        <stdout>

  Config file(s): /opt/homebrew/etc/rabbitmq/rabbitmq.conf

  Starting broker... completed with 7 plugins.

[Jordan Hurwich]

Actually, I figured it out. 

I just needed to chown /opt/homebrew/var/lib/rabbitmq/mnesia/rabbit\@localhost/ for the logged-in user. Now rabbitmq-server works without sudo!

Sorry if I wasted anyone's time,

Jordan